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Blog, General, Politics

Women also use drugs – not that you can tell from drug policy

Dr Robin Joyce / December 10, 2017

November 28, 2017 12.30am AEDT Ian Hamilton and Niamh Eastwood Authors

Biography, Blog, Politics, Women's History

Elizabeth Reid Women’s Advisor to the Australian Government

Dr Robin Joyce / December 2, 2017

Gough Whitlam was elected Prime Minister of Australia 2nd December 1972 and was the first Australian Prime Minister to appoint a women’s advisor. Elizabeth Reid was appointed. Following is an interview with her conducted by Emma Renwick. http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/act/content/2005/ The Life…

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Blog, Women's History

Barbara Pym’s The Sweet Dove Died: Sexual Assault Assuaged By Flowers?

Dr Robin Joyce / November 29, 2017

Barbara Pym’s The Sweet Dove Died: Sexual Assault assuaged by flowers? Robin Joyce Barbara Pym’s novels are a never-ending source of social commentary. The Sweet  Dove Died , in its depiction of sexual assault is of particular interest at the…

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Blog, Women's History

Being Published – tips for you: insights from writing Women and the Royal Navy

Dr Robin Joyce / November 23, 2017

Jo Stanley     Being published –tips for you   My new history book is just out. I’ve got some insights (from this and previous books), and I now see what I should have done ages ago. So I thought…

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Biography, Blog, Politics, Women's History

Katrina Lockwood: The Mystery of Isabella an the String of Beads A Woman Doctor In World War 1

Dr Robin Joyce / November 10, 2017

Book review by Robin Joyce   Publisher: Loke Press Author: Katrina Kirkwood Sold on Amazon and at good bookstores. The back-cover blurb tells us: It was the inscription that made the antique scalpels so tantalising: ‘Isabella Stenhouse’. A woman doctor? A…

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Blog, Event, Politics

Women’s Protest And Activism Seminar

Dr Robin Joyce / November 1, 2017

Women’s Protest And Activism Seminar Fri 10 Nov 2017 10.30am – 4.30pm | 18+  Price: £10 Location: mac birmingham, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH Sales & Information: 0121 446 3232 Booking Info: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/womens-protest-and-activism-seminar     In response to the…

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Blog, Women's History

Black History Month at Cambridge Central Library

Dr Robin Joyce / October 30, 2017

 

Biography, Blog, Women's History

UTOPIA: THE GENIUS OF EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE

Dr Robin Joyce / October 28, 2017

This material has been copied from the Museum of Australia site. More material is available on the site and a visit to the original is recommended. Emily Kame Kngwarreye WARNING: Relatives of the artist are advised that images of Emily…

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Blog, Politics

Venezuela’s long history of racism is coming back to haunt it

Dr Robin Joyce / October 15, 2017

Search First published in The Conversation , August 16, 2017 9.30am BST.Published here under creative commons licence. Venezuela’s long history of racism is coming back to haunt it August 16, 2017 9.30am BST Hazel Marsh Author Hazel Marsh Lecturer in Latin…

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The Women’s History Network is a national association and charity for the promotion of women’s history and the encouragement of everyone interested in women’s history. Following our establishment in 1991 we have grown year by year and today we are a UK national charity with members including working historians, researchers, independent scholars, teachers, librarians, and many other individuals both within academia and beyond. Indeed, the network reaches out to anyone...

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